Hill and Moorland Leader
The Hill and Moorland Leader award is designed for people who want to lead groups in the hill and moorland areas of the UK and Ireland. This award is a wonderful opportunity to learn the leadership skills required to feel confident about taking people out walking. As you may have guessed from the descriptive title of this award, it focuses on non-mountainous terrain.
A 3 day training course brings the syllabus to light and allows participants to learn in their own style from the experience of our trainers.
Followed up with a consolidation period to develop and enhance your new found skills, you are then free to pursue an assessment when you are ready. Mountain Training have produced a Skills Checklist in order to assist you deciding when you're ready for your assessment. It is a valuable tool.
The assessment also follows a 3 day model and will include a night navigation exercise, as well as exploring the wider knowledge base of the candidate such as Flora and Fauna, History and Geographical information.
Candidates must have registered with the Mountain Training England or Cymru (Wales), have a current and up to date logbook and be physically fit to participate in the 3 day training course or 3 day assessment.
Check out our calendar of courses here.
Training course - 3 days - £190 non-residential, £250 residential
Assessment course - 3 days - £210 non-residential, £250 residential
The Hill and Moorland Leader award is designed for people who want to lead groups in the hill and moorland areas of the UK and Ireland. This award is a wonderful opportunity to learn the leadership skills required to feel confident about taking people out walking. As you may have guessed from the descriptive title of this award, it focuses on non-mountainous terrain.
A 3 day training course brings the syllabus to light and allows participants to learn in their own style from the experience of our trainers.
Followed up with a consolidation period to develop and enhance your new found skills, you are then free to pursue an assessment when you are ready. Mountain Training have produced a Skills Checklist in order to assist you deciding when you're ready for your assessment. It is a valuable tool.
The assessment also follows a 3 day model and will include a night navigation exercise, as well as exploring the wider knowledge base of the candidate such as Flora and Fauna, History and Geographical information.
Candidates must have registered with the Mountain Training England or Cymru (Wales), have a current and up to date logbook and be physically fit to participate in the 3 day training course or 3 day assessment.
Check out our calendar of courses here.
Training course - 3 days - £190 non-residential, £250 residential
Assessment course - 3 days - £210 non-residential, £250 residential
